NYPD 1st Trimester Exam 2024: 152-Actual Questions & Verified Answers with Rationales

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NYPD 1ST TRIMESTER EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 152

QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH

RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |AGRADE

What kind of organization is the Nypd?

.....ANSWER.....Paramilitary organization

What are the roots of the Nypd and what year did it start?

.....ANSWER.....Old Dutch and English watchman system 1845

What were the draft riots? .....ANSWER.....Riots occurred 1863

during the Civil War which excused the wealthy who can pay the

government

How much money was paid to the government to avoid getting

drafted during the Draft Riots and how many people died?

.....ANSWER.....$300 dollars and 3000 people

What did the Lexow Committee uncover and what were the end

results after the investigation? .....ANSWER.....People paid $300

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to become a Police officer, $12000 to be a captain. Price

originally was $10000

Creation of Civil Service System, Police Academy was establish,

Officers began receiving real training. Fingerprint files and crime

lab created.

What was the Curran Commission ? .....ANSWER.....Occurred

1912, exposed ties between police and racketeers. Eight

inspectors were indicted.

What did the Knapp Commission uncover?

.....ANSWER.....Plainclothes Division were involved with

widespread corruption. Was brought to attention by New York

Times Article

Who was Samuel battle? .....ANSWER.....First Black Officer hired

in 1914

What did the Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment

uncover? .....ANSWER.....The public did not notice the charge in

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number of patrols. Altering the number of patrols had no

significant effect on crimes that were thought to be deterred by

professional presence. No significant crime increase with crime

against other persons

What did the Kansas City Response Times Analysis uncover ?

.....ANSWER.....The single most important factor that made the

strongest determinant of arrests or witness availability is the time

took for crime to be reported. In other words the faster the

Police arrived the more reliable the evidence/witnesses was

What was the San Diego Field Interrogation Study?

.....ANSWER.....Stopping field interrogation, field contact, stop

and frisk increased suppressible crimes

What was the New Haven directed patrol study?

.....ANSWER.....Increase of patrols in a specific location did not

win public favors or decrease crime. It merely displaced it into

other areas.